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Militarised security equals politicised justice-GHRA

Jul 29, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Militarised security equals politicised justice-GHRA

The Guyana Human Rights Association (GHRA) is convinced that “public safety is being reduced to a frontal war with anyone whose loyalty may be suspected rather than addressing the real drivers of...

Age confused thief remanded

Jul 29, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Age confused thief remanded

Jamol Adams yesterday faced Magistrate Hazel Octive-Hamilton in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court to answer to the charge of robbery under arms. The accused was not required to plea to the...

Goals Galore Hockey winners receive prizes

Jul 29, 2009 KNews Sports Comments Off on Goals Galore Hockey winners receive prizes

The respective winners of the just concluded Noble House Goals Galore Indoor Hockey Championships received their prizes yesterday during a simple ceremony which was held at the sponsor’s Head...

There are indeed problems with local sugar supply – Guysuco

Jul 29, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on There are indeed problems with local sugar supply – Guysuco

There are indeed problems with the supply of sugar on the local market. While the Guyana Sugar Corporation did not admit yesterday that the shortage is indeed a problem, it stated that there was some...

Transporting prisoners in public transport causes concern

Jul 29, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Transporting prisoners in public transport causes concern

Even as the administration of the Guyana Police Force continues to drag junior ranks over the coals for what has been described as lax behaviour as it relates to prisoners escaping, many are of the...

Badminton team for Pan Am Jnr. Championships

Jul 29, 2009 KNews Sports Comments Off on Badminton team for Pan Am Jnr. Championships

The Guyana Badminton Association will send a team to the XVIII Pan American Junior Championships to be staged in Puerto Rico from August 17 to 23. The players selected have been showing good progress...

Health Ministry secures $8M for H1N1 testing

Jul 29, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Health Ministry secures $8M for H1N1 testing

The Ministry of Health has sourced $8 million from its partners to establish the capacity to conduct the H1N1 testing in Guyana instead of sending its specimens overseas. This is according to...

Vasco come from behind to win latest encounter

Jul 29, 2009 KNews Sports Comments Off on Vasco come from behind to win latest encounter

Latest play in the UDFA/Stag B-League saw Vasco edging Coomacka United 2-1 at the Bayrock Ground. Coomacka United took the lead in the 13th minute through their prolific goal scorer Wheatland Thom...

$75 million slated for 15 Region One communities

Jul 29, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on $75 million slated for 15 Region One communities

The government has started a new project, plugging in an initial $75 million, to improve the fortunes of hinterland Amerindian communities, some of which are said to be stagnated and steeped in...

Is it police or thieves?

Jul 29, 2009 KNews Letters Comments Off on Is it police or thieves?

Dear Editor, The first impression one will get from the headline, “Bandits hit Police HQ” should be “you got to be kidding.” This is one of the most pathetic stories one will ever read about...

Octogenarian killed on roadway

Jul 29, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Octogenarian killed on roadway

LIVERPOOL VILLAGE, CORENTYNE – William Cort, an 86-year-old farmer of 21 Manchester Village, Corentyne, met a gruesome death yesterday after he was struck by a minibus. Moments later, the...

Decomposed body found at Kingston Seawall

Jul 29, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Decomposed body found at Kingston Seawall

The police were summoned to Kingston seawall aback of Le Meridien Pegasus yesterday after early morning swimmers stumbled upon the body of a man in a pavilion on the seawall. Reports are that early...

Ramsaroop dead set against remittances

Jul 29, 2009 KNews Letters Comments Off on Ramsaroop dead set against remittances

Dear Editor, Gerhard Ramsaroop is certainly attempting to spark a political gimmick in his name. However, if he was so smart as he perceives himself to be, then how come he didn’t figure out that I...

Mayor Hamilton Green ‘Believes’

Jul 29, 2009 KNews Letters Comments Off on Mayor Hamilton Green ‘Believes’

Dear Editor, I wish to seek your kind cooperation to help me inform my friends, the public and supporters, that as of now, I have decided to turn to song -writing. With my penchant for spirituality,...

13,000 living with HIV in Guyana – UNICEF report

Jul 29, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on 13,000 living with HIV in Guyana – UNICEF report

The United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) report for 2009 has revealed that as of 2007, it was estimated that Guyana has some 13,000 people of all ages living with HIV AIDS. According to the report,...

Some strategies to help curb alcohol abuse

Jul 29, 2009 KNews Letters Comments Off on Some strategies to help curb alcohol abuse

Dear Editor, I read the letter written by Vidyaratha Kissoon on alcohol abuse and wholeheartedly agree on the writer’s central theme, as I believe all decent and logical thinking Guyanese will....

Regional integration a priority – Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett

Jul 29, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Regional integration a priority – Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett

As the Region reflects on the successes of the 36 years of regional integration, all efforts should be combined to make integration within the Caribbean Community a priority. Guyana’s Foreign...

UG has competent authorities to deal with gifts, acts of goodwill

Jul 29, 2009 KNews Letters Comments Off on UG has competent authorities to deal with gifts, acts of goodwill

Dear Editor, I refer to Ms Agnes Seecoomar‘s letter captioned “Low level, self-serving corruption is endemic and accepted at many levels in Guyana,” published in Kaieteur News on Friday, July...

It’s sickening to hear the stories told about Linden Hospital

Jul 29, 2009 KNews Letters Comments Off on It’s sickening to hear the stories told about Linden Hospital

Dear Editor, I read with much concern the article in Thursday July 9th SN, titled, “MP slams conditions at Linden Hospital Children’s Ward”. This story informed us in no uncertain terms how...

Boycott Parliament!

Jul 29, 2009 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Boycott Parliament!

Where was Mr. Corbin when Dr. Jagan was the Opposition Leader? Mr. Corbin was right here in Guyana sitting in the Parliament and observing the periodic boycott of Parliament by the PPP. The PNC did...

Takutu Bridge to open Friday

Jul 29, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Takutu Bridge to open Friday

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs yesterday announced that effective from Friday the Takutu River Bridge at the Guyana/Brazil border will be opened for the movement of vehicular traffic, passengers and...

A govt. that facilitates torture has no respect for the law or its people

Jul 29, 2009 KNews Letters Comments Off on A govt. that facilitates torture has no respect for the law or its people

Dear Editor, Kaieteur News has been vilified as a sensational newspaper, especially when it published pictures of criminals and suspects, who were gunned down by the Joint Services, but I want to...

The fire next time

Jul 29, 2009 KNews Editorial Comments Off on The fire next time

The dust has obviously not quite settled on the fire that razed the Ministry of Health’s (MOH) building to the ground but the fallout has already raised a deep foreboding in the minds of most...

Soesdyke Community Development Council protests elections

Jul 29, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Soesdyke Community Development Council protests elections

The Soesdyke Community Development Council members are protesting the recent election of Aaron Grant-Stuart as Chairman, and Michael Persaud, as Vice Chairman of the Soesdyke Te Huis Te Coverden...

JUSTICE IS ABOUT RESPECTING HUMAN RIGHTS

Jul 29, 2009 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on JUSTICE IS ABOUT RESPECTING HUMAN RIGHTS

Guyanese must look very seriously at the developments in the investigation into the fire that destroyed the Ministry of Health. There are many worrying aspects about this investigation. Firstly, we...

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Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- There are moments in the history of nations when fate lays before them a choice not of... more